Friday, October 23, 2015

Norah- Twelve Months.

Norah is twelve months; we have a one year old! We are sad to see
your baby days go, but overall this day is filled with huge celebration and
thankfulness. We are so glad that you are healthy, growing, and happy. You are
such a joyful little girl and being with you every day this past year has been
the greatest blessing.

Right at the beginning of the month, Norah started walking with
her walker toy, and has gotten progressively faster! On October 11 she took her
first two steps. She has taken a couple more since then, but isn’t really
showing interest. She will stand by herself and walk along furniture, but would
much rather crawl. Norah got her 8th tooth this month, her bottom
right lateral incisor, on September 25. Norah started wearing size 4 diapers at
11.5 months. She also had her second cold at the beginning of the month, but it
wasn’t too bad, just a runny nose.

Another happening this month is that I quit making baby food and
Norah is on complete solids! I sometimes still blend things up, mainly because
it’s faster. It definitely takes her longer to eat now. It’s interesting to see
what she chooses to eat now, since she is feeding herself. She still eats
almost everything, but she is a grains girl. She will always eat first any sort
of noodles, bread, or crackers. At the end of the month, I also started
introducing whole milk and began phasing out nursing. It’s bittersweet! I was
still nursing her 4 times a day (along with three meals), but now I am
substituting one of her afternoon feedings with whole milk instead of nursing.
She is taking it well and likes milk! Norah is still taking two good naps a day
and we love it!

It’s funny to see the particular things Norah does or likes, the
older she gets. For instance, she still always sucks her right thumb, and uses
her left hand to reach behind her head and play with the neckline of her shirt
when she gets tired. Another example is with her foam letters in the tub- she
always chooses the O to chew on, out of all the letters! Norah really likes
emptying the silverware out of the dishwasher, looking out the window, playing
with daddy’s guitar cords, baths, walks, swings, giving “zerbits,” feeling
people’s zippers and necklaces, following mom around the house, dancing
whenever music comes on, and flipping through books (especially touch and feel
books!). Norah colored her first picture this month, a pumpkin, and it was so
adorable! Mom’s teacher heart was so happy. Norah also learned how to say “hi”
this month and says it often! Her most common words are dada and hi. We have
heard wow a few times, but mainly just lots of babbling!

We spent a lot of time this month looking through pictures and
videos of Norah’s first year and getting ready for her birthday party- what a
fun time! Norah, we love you so incredibly much and being your parents is the
best. You are the most wonderful daughter and we are so thankful for you. Happy
first birthday, Norah!

I also had to include pictures of Norah's first time trying whole milk, because they are just too cute!

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Hi! My name is Kelsey. I am a Christian, wife to Kley, and former preschool teacher turned stay-at-home-mom to Norah (2.5) and Lucy and Ellory (infant fraternal twins). We live in NW Iowa, and here I write about our happenings. Welcome to our story!